Traveling with friends or family on a Princess cruise becomes even more enjoyable when your reservations are linked. By connecting bookings, Princess Cruises can coordinate dining, activities, event invitations, and cabin assignments more efficiently for everyone in your group. Whether you want to enjoy meals together, plan excursions as a group, or simply keep your sailing party connected, linking reservations is a simple and helpful step. Doing it online offers convenience and saves time before embarkation.
This guide walks you through the full process of linking Princess Cruises reservations online, explains what linking does and does not do, and provides important tips for ensuring your group stays connected throughout your cruise.
Before linking your reservations online, it's helpful to understand how Princess Cruises uses linked bookings. The system helps the cruise line keep your group coordinated, but it does not combine payments or merge accounts. Instead, linking is mainly about communication and coordination onboard.
Linking reservations triggers several helpful features during your cruise planning.
Linked reservations allow Princess to seat your group together during traditional dining or match your schedules for flexible dining options.
Crew members such as dining managers, cabin stewards, and guest services can see linked groups and make arrangements accordingly.
Linked reservations make it easier for guests to coordinate excursions together, especially when excursions have limited capacity.
While linking is helpful, it’s important to know what it does not change within the booking system.
Each reservation remains financially separate; linking does not merge payments or accounts.
Linking does not upgrade, move, or alter cabins. Each booking’s stateroom category and location remain independent.
Guests must still book excursions, dining packages, drink packages, and onboard experiences individually.
Princess Cruises offers several easy ways to link reservations through its website and online portal. The process only takes a few minutes, but it requires the correct information from each reservation. Once linked, the system updates automatically across onboard services.
Linking reservations online is the simplest method and works well for families and friends traveling on separate bookings.
Visit the Princess Cruises website and log in to your account using your username and password. If you do not already have an account, you must create one before linking reservations.
Once logged in, select the “My Bookings” or “My Trips” section. This will display all active reservations associated with your account.
Choose the specific cruise reservation you want to link to another booking. Click into the reservation details to access modification options.
Princess typically labels the linking option under the guest information or travel companions section. The name may vary, but common labels include:
Add a Reservation
Link a Booking
Connect With Other Guests
To link a booking, you must input the following information:
Confirmation or booking number
Passenger’s full legal name (exactly as it appears on their reservation)
Date of birth (for identity verification)
All details must match exactly for the system to accept the link.
Once entered, click “Confirm” or “Save.” The system will process your request and link the reservations. You will typically receive an on-screen confirmation or email notification.
The Cruise Personalizer—Princess’s detailed online planning portal—also offers a linking feature.
Log in using your reservation number and personal details
Select “Traveling With Others?” or similar
Enter the other reservation’s booking number
Submit and save your update
The Cruise Personalizer updates onboard systems instantly.
The Princess MedallionClass app is widely used for pre-cruise planning. While its linking capabilities vary by version, many users can link reservations directly in the app.
Open the MedallionClass app
Go to “Travel Party” or “Shipmates”
Select “Add a Reservation”
Enter the booking number and traveler details
Confirm the connection
If the option does not appear, linking can always be done on the main website.
While the linking process is usually simple, certain factors can cause errors or prevent bookings from syncing correctly. Using the right information and following a few best practices ensures everything goes smoothly.
Booking numbers must be entered exactly as provided on the confirmation email or reservation summary.
Mixing up similar-looking letters and numbers
Using an outdated booking number after a modification
Entering a group booking code instead of an individual reservation
Incorrect entries prevent linking.
The name you enter must match the reservation exactly. Even small differences matter.
Missing middle initials
Nicknames (e.g., “Mike” instead of “Michael”)
Hyphenated names or special characters
Maiden versus married names
Matching the passport-style full name is the safest option.
Once reservations are linked, all travelers should log in to verify the connection.
Sometimes links do not save on the first attempt
One account may accept the link while the other has an error
Groups of more than two bookings may need manual confirmation
Verification ensures the group is fully connected.
For groups with more than eight cabins, Princess may create a special group ID.
Simplified linking across multiple reservations
Priority dining coordination
Dedicated support from group services
Consistent onboarding of all travelers
Travel agents often handle this process automatically for larger groups.
Some reservations cannot be linked online and require customer service assistance.
Group reservations with multiple cabin categories
Bookings with different payment statuses
Cruise tours (cruise + land)
Bookings made through international Princess offices
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